Tank (UST) and Drum Location

Finding buried underground storage tanks (USTs), such as steel fuel tanks, or buried drums can involve a range of geophysical tools, including metal detection, magnetometers, line tracing, electromagnetic conductivity (EM), time domain EM, and ground penetrating radar (GPR). GeoModel, Inc., is not only equipped with a complete selection of necessary detection tools, but has the training and expertise to accurately use them.

GeoModel typically uses an electromagnetic conductivity (EM) or metal detector survey to locate buried drums made of metal. A magnetometer can also be used to locate ferrous (iron) metal buried drums. The surveys are rapid and can locate any type of metal buried drum in a short time frame.

GeoModel can mark out the results in the field or download the EM data to a computer and produce a color-contoured map for interpretation and report presentation.

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